Category Reviews

I love to see that so many amazing bloggers are writing cookbooks – blogging is a chance to continue to improve your writing, test new recipes, find the perfect lighting set up in your kitchen. It’s a chance to flex some creative muscles that aren’t necessarily present in other parts of our lives. And for […]

As a food blogger, I probably have a slightly different view of being a “foodie.” So when, on a trip to Philadelphia to meet family friends, they told me that the White Dog Cafe was a foodie kind of place, I was envisioning something like El Bulli! But what they meant was that it was […]

I am a bit of a nerd. This I definitely know. I was probably doomed from the age of 5, at which point Star Trek became my favourite TV show. I had my own uniform and communicator. I have strong views about the political system of Star Wars. My biggest regret from my wedding is […]

Anyone familiar with the news this week knows that it’s a bit of a hard time for London – the uncertainty has been very scary, especially for those of us who aren’t British. I love London, but it’s heart-breaking when friends (from the EU originally or even outside) feel like for the first time, their […]

I blame Challenge Sophie. I’m a big fan of the classes at Sweaty Betty and I attended her 5k run and lecture. One of her major themes was the importance of showing up and working hard, even if you’re the sweaty person at the back of the run or the class feeling totally overwhelmed trying […]

When I first moved to London, I definitely missed American hamburgers. Having grown up on Jake’s Burgers, there was nothing more frustrating than when I would describe how much I missed American burgers – “but there’s loads of McDonalds around?” a baffled Irish person would tell me. No, not the same thing, at all. So […]

I’ve been in Europe for years and years now, but it can still be difficult to remember that London isn’t that far away from so many interesting places. Not to mention that it can be easy to be stuck in the now, rather than planning all the places we’d like to go. Athens has been […]